On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 12:05 -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > Upon finishing the install, I saw the following message: > > "Solaris 11 software installation partially installed > > Solaris 11 packages partially installed > > SUNWcompiz-root > SUNWcompiz-fusion-extra-root > SUNWcompiz-fusion-main-root"
Known bug, fixed in snv_86. > BTW, why do these package have funny, non-standard, Linux-like names? > For example, why aren't they called: > > SUNWcompizr > SUNWcompizfusionextrar > SUNWcompizfusionmainr > > ? Becausetheseareverydifficulttoread. > It's annoying and eye stabbing to see Linux-like names diverge from > traditional SUNW package naming scheme, especially for a Linux "fan" like me. GNOME has been using this package naming convention since Solaris 8. (note SUNWgnome-base-libs, SUNWgnome-base-libs-devel, SUNWgnome-base-libs-root) We were the 1st team that stepped beyond the 9-character package name limit (and thus the first to discover the bugs ;) > Will something be done about these horrible package names? No. Laca
